Utonia Claim

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020255
MRDS ID DC12880
Record type Site
Current site name Utonia Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.7222, 39.92272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position IN DEATH CANYON SOUTH OF BLACK ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 008W 26 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BELOW 100 FT: RHODONITE, RHODOCHROSITE, PYRITE, GALENA, ZINC BLENDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To 100 Ft

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.7222, 39.92272

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip STEEP N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN,M.D.,JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1921 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON AND WASHINGTON: USGS BULL 725 - C, P. 211

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP. OF UTAH: USGS PROF PA 111 , P. 456

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEP. OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. B 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE VALUABLE FOR SILVER IN WHICH MODERATE AMOUNTS OF MANGANESE ARE FOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.